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1840s
Events and Trends
* Karl Marx writes The Communist Manifesto
* Mexican-American War
* Revolutions in Europe
* Introduction of the postal stamp
World Leaders
* Emperor Ferdinand I (Austria)
* Chancellor Klemens Wenzel von Metternich (Austria)
* Emperor Franz Josef (Austria-Hungary)
* King Louis-Philippe (France)
* Pope Gregory XVI
* Pope Pius IX
* Emperor Nicholas I (Russia)
* Queen Victoria (United Kingdom)
* Prime Minister Lord Melbourne (United Kingdom)
* Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel (United Kingdom)
* Prime Minister Lord John Russell (United Kingdom)
* President Martin Van Buren (United States)
* President John Tyler (United States)
* President James Knox Polk (United States)
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